diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-build-deploy-email-worker.yml b/.github/workflows/dev-build-deploy-email-worker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd75e3fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-build-deploy-email-worker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+name: Deploy Email Worker to Development
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - dev
+    paths:
+      - 'apps/api/**'
+      - 'infra/docker-compose.dev.yml'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  packages: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: dev-deploy
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push:
+    name: Build and Push Docker Image to GHCR
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up QEMU for cross-platform builds
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+
+      - name: Log in to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Build and push multi-arch image
+        run: |
+          docker buildx build \
+            --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 \
+            --push \
+            -t ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/core-email-worker:dev \
+            ./apps/api/cmd/email_worker
+
+  run-migrations:
+    name: Run Goose Migrations
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build-and-push
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install Goose
+        run: |
+          curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pressly/goose/master/install.sh | sh
+
+      - name: Run migrations
+        run: |
+          goose -dir ./apps/api/internal/db/migrations postgres "${{ secrets.DEV_DB_URL }}" up
+
+  deploy:
+    name: Deploy to Development Server
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build-and-push, run-migrations]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: SSH proxy commmand
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1
+        with:
+          host: ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST_SWAMPHACKS }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME_SWAMPHACKS }}
+          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY_SWAMPHACKS }}
+          port: ${{ secrets.SSH_PORT_SWAMPHACKS }}
+          proxy_host: ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST_JUMP }}
+          proxy_username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME_JUMP }}
+          proxy_key: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY_JUMP }}
+          proxy_port: ${{ secrets.SSH_PORT_JUMP }}
+          script: |
+            cd /home/admin/core/infra
+            git fetch
+            git checkout dev
+            git reset --hard origin/dev
+            git pull
+            infisical export --env=dev --format=dotenv --path="/api" --projectId=${{ secrets.INFISICAL_PROJECT_ID }} > ./secrets/.env.dev.api
+            docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml pull dev-email-worker
+            docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up -d --no-deps --force-recreate dev-email-worker
diff --git a/apps/api/.env.dev.example b/apps/api/.env.dev.example
index c5c34a22..71121dd2 100644
--- a/apps/api/.env.dev.example
+++ b/apps/api/.env.dev.example
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 DATABASE_URL="postgres://postgres:postgres@postgres:5432/coredb"
 DATABASE_URL_MIGRATION="postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/coredb"
+REDIS_URL="redis:6379"
 
 # For OAuth
 AUTH_DISCORD_CLIENT_ID=
diff --git a/apps/api/cmd/api/main.go b/apps/api/cmd/api/main.go
index 0d122dfc..52c0c1d5 100644
--- a/apps/api/cmd/api/main.go
+++ b/apps/api/cmd/api/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/hibiken/asynq"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"github.com/swamphacks/core/apps/api/internal/api"
 	"github.com/swamphacks/core/apps/api/internal/api/handlers"
@@ -38,6 +39,11 @@ func main() {
 		},
 	}
 
+	// Create asynq client
+	taskQueueClient := asynq.NewClient(asynq.RedisClientOpt{
+		Addr: cfg.RedisURL,
+	})
+
 	// Create new middleware injectable
 	mw := middleware.NewMiddleware(database, logger, cfg)
 
@@ -50,9 +56,10 @@ func main() {
 	// Injections into services
 	authService := services.NewAuthService(userRepo, accountRepo, sessionRepo, txm, client, logger, &cfg.Auth)
 	eventInterestService := services.NewEventInterestService(eventInterestRepo, logger)
+	emailService := services.NewEmailService(taskQueueClient, logger)
 
 	// Injections into handlers
-	apiHandlers := handlers.NewHandlers(authService, eventInterestService, cfg, logger)
+	apiHandlers := handlers.NewHandlers(authService, eventInterestService, emailService, cfg, logger)
 
 	api := api.NewAPI(&logger, apiHandlers, mw)
 
diff --git a/apps/api/cmd/email_worker/Dockerfile b/apps/api/cmd/email_worker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddb8c8e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/cmd/email_worker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+FROM golang:1.24-alpine AS base
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY ../../go.mod ../../go.sum ./
+
+RUN go mod download
+
+COPY ../../ ./
+
+# Dev 
+FROM base AS dev
+
+RUN go install github.com/air-verse/air@latest
+
+CMD ["air"]
+
+# Production
+FROM base as prod
+
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o email_worker ./
+
+RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates
+
+CMD ["./email_worker"]
+
+
diff --git a/apps/api/cmd/email_worker/main.go b/apps/api/cmd/email_worker/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22d65f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/cmd/email_worker/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/hibiken/asynq"
+	"github.com/swamphacks/core/apps/api/internal/config"
+	"github.com/swamphacks/core/apps/api/internal/logger"
+	"github.com/swamphacks/core/apps/api/internal/services"
+	"github.com/swamphacks/core/apps/api/internal/tasks"
+	"github.com/swamphacks/core/apps/api/internal/workers"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	logger := logger.New()
+	cfg := config.Load()
+
+	srv := asynq.NewServer(
+		asynq.RedisClientOpt{Addr: cfg.RedisURL},
+		asynq.Config{
+			Concurrency: 10,
+			Queues: map[string]int{
+				"email": 10,
+			},
+		},
+	)
+
+	emailService := services.NewEmailService(nil, logger)
+	emailWorker := workers.NewEmailWorker(emailService, logger)
+
+	mux := asynq.NewServeMux()
+
+	mux.HandleFunc(tasks.TypeSendEmail, emailWorker.HandleSendEmailTask)
+	fmt.Println("Starting email worker")
+
+	if err := srv.Run(mux); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to run email worker")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/go.mod b/apps/api/go.mod
index 73abb4b0..49a249e8 100644
--- a/apps/api/go.mod
+++ b/apps/api/go.mod
@@ -7,21 +7,28 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.2.2
 	github.com/go-chi/cors v1.2.1
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
+	github.com/hibiken/asynq v0.25.1
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.4
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
-	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.34.0
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 // indirect
+	github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.38.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.14.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.25.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.8.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/apps/api/go.sum b/apps/api/go.sum
index 3e9e272b..feb8ee50 100644
--- a/apps/api/go.sum
+++ b/apps/api/go.sum
@@ -1,16 +1,30 @@
+github.com/bsm/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0 h1:Ny8MWAHyOepLGlLKYmXG4IEkioBysk6GpaRTLC8zwWs=
+github.com/bsm/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0/go.mod h1:SwYbGRRDovPVboqFv0tPTcG1sN61LM1Z4ARdbAV9g4c=
+github.com/bsm/gomega v1.27.10 h1:yeMWxP2pV2fG3FgAODIY8EiRE3dy0aeFYt4l7wh6yKA=
+github.com/bsm/gomega v1.27.10/go.mod h1:JyEr/xRbxbtgWNi8tIEVPUYZ5Dzef52k01W3YH0H+O0=
 github.com/caarlos0/env/v11 v11.3.1 h1:cArPWC15hWmEt+gWk7YBi7lEXTXCvpaSdCiZE2X5mCA=
 github.com/caarlos0/env/v11 v11.3.1/go.mod h1:qupehSf/Y0TUTsxKywqRt/vJjN5nz6vauiYEUUr8P4U=
+github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 h1:DC2CZ1Ep5Y4k3ZQ899DldepgrayRUGE6BBZ/cd9Cj44=
+github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f h1:lO4WD4F/rVNCu3HqELle0jiPLLBs70cWOduZpkS1E78=
+github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f/go.mod h1:cuUVRXasLTGF7a8hSLbxyZXjz+1KgoB3wDUb6vlszIc=
+github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6 h1:7Xjx+VpznH+oBnejlPUj8oUpdxnVs4f8XU8WnHkI4W8=
+github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6/go.mod h1:4ptaffx2x8+WTWXmUCuVU6aPUX1/Mz7zb5vbUoiM6w0=
 github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.2.2 h1:CMwsvRVTbXVytCk1Wd72Zy1LAsAh9GxMmSNWLHCG618=
 github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.2.2/go.mod h1:L2yAIGWB3H+phAw1NxKwWM+7eUH/lU8pOMm5hHcoops=
 github.com/go-chi/cors v1.2.1 h1:xEC8UT3Rlp2QuWNEr4Fs/c2EAGVKBwy/1vHx3bppil4=
 github.com/go-chi/cors v1.2.1/go.mod h1:sSbTewc+6wYHBBCW7ytsFSn836hqM7JxpglAy2Vzc58=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/hibiken/asynq v0.25.1 h1:phj028N0nm15n8O2ims+IvJ2gz4k2auvermngh9JhTw=
+github.com/hibiken/asynq v0.25.1/go.mod h1:pazWNOLBu0FEynQRBvHA26qdIKRSmfdIfUm4HdsLmXg=
 github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 h1:/6Hmqy13Ss2zCq62VdNG8tM1wchn8zjSGOBJ6icpsIM=
 github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0/go.mod h1:CEx0iS5ambNFdcRtxPj5JhEz+xB6uRky5eyVu/W2HEg=
 github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761 h1:iCEnooe7UlwOQYpKFhBabPMi4aNAfoODPEFNiAnClxo=
@@ -21,8 +35,10 @@ github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2 h1:PR8nw+E/1w0GLuRFSmiioY6UooMp6KJv0/61nB7icHo
 github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:vriiEXHvEE654aYKXXjOvZM39qJ0q+azkZFrfEOc3H4=
 github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
 github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
-github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9 h1:YXG7RB+JIjhP29X+OtkiDnYaXQwpS4JEWq7dtCCRUEw=
-github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
+github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
+github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
@@ -31,14 +47,24 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.7.0 h1:HhLSs+B6O021gwzl+locl0zEDnyNkxMtf/Z3NNBMa9E=
+github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.7.0/go.mod h1:f6zhXITC7JUJIlPEiBOTXxJgPLdZcA93GewI7inzyWw=
+github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1 h1:WdRxkvbJztn8LMz/QEvLN5sBU+xKpSqwwUO1Pjr4qDs=
+github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:eQICP3HwyT7UooqI/z+Ov+PtYAWygg1TEWWzGIFLtro=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0 h1:73kH8U+JUqXU8lRuOHeVHaa/SZPifC7BkcraZVejAe8=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0/go.mod h1:WtVeX8xhTBvf0smdhujwtBcq4Qrzq/fJaraNFVN+nFs=
 github.com/rs/xid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:7XoLgs4eV+QndskICGsho+ADou8ySMSjJKDIan90Nz0=
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+github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.0 h1:ntdiHjuueXFgm5nzDRdOS4yfT43P5Fnud6DH50rz/7w=
+github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.0/go.mod h1:ancEpBxwJDODSW/UG4rDrAqiKolqNNh2DX3mk86cAdo=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
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 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
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@@ -46,10 +72,14 @@ golang.org/x/sync v0.14.0/go.mod h1:1dzgHSNfp02xaA81J2MS99Qcpr2w7fw1gpm99rleRqA=
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-golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0 h1:q3i8TbbEz+JRD9ywIRlyRAQbM0qF7hu24q3teo2hbuw=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0 h1:H5Y5sJ2L2JRdyv7ROF1he/lPdvFsd0mJHFw2ThKHxLA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
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+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2 h1:8Ar7bF+apOIoThw1EdZl0p1oWvMqTHmpA2fRTyZO8io=
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diff --git a/apps/api/internal/api/api.go b/apps/api/internal/api/api.go
index b846840f..5407a2e8 100644
--- a/apps/api/internal/api/api.go
+++ b/apps/api/internal/api/api.go
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ func (api *API) setupRoutes(mw *mw.Middleware) {
 		r.Post("/{eventId}/interest", api.Handlers.EventInterest.AddEmailToEvent)
 	})
 
+	// Email routes
+	api.Router.Route("/email", func(r chi.Router) {
+		r.Post("/queue", api.Handlers.Email.QueueEmail)
+	})
+
 	// Protected test routes
 	api.Router.Route("/protected", func(r chi.Router) {
 		r.Use(mw.Auth.RequireAuth)
diff --git a/apps/api/internal/api/handlers/email.go b/apps/api/internal/api/handlers/email.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec24e488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/internal/api/handlers/email.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package handlers
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	res "github.com/swamphacks/core/apps/api/internal/api/response"
+	"github.com/swamphacks/core/apps/api/internal/email"
+	"github.com/swamphacks/core/apps/api/internal/services"
+)
+
+type EmailHandler struct {
+	emailService *services.EmailService
+	logger       zerolog.Logger
+}
+
+func NewEmailHandler(emailService *services.EmailService, logger zerolog.Logger) *EmailHandler {
+	return &EmailHandler{
+		emailService: emailService,
+		logger:       logger.With().Str("handler", "EmailHandler").Str("component", "email").Logger(),
+	}
+}
+
+type QueueEmailRequest struct {
+	To   string `json:"to"`
+	From string `json:"from"`
+	Body string `json:"body"`
+}
+
+func (h *EmailHandler) QueueEmail(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	var req QueueEmailRequest
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&req); err != nil {
+		res.SendError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, res.NewError("invalid_request", "Could not parse request body"))
+		return
+	}
+
+	if !email.IsValidEmail(req.To) || !email.IsValidEmail(req.From) {
+		res.SendError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, res.NewError("malformed_email", "To and/or From email is malformed or missing"))
+		return
+	}
+
+	if req.Body == "" {
+		res.SendError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, res.NewError("missing_body", "Body is missing or is an empty string."))
+		return
+	}
+
+	taskInfo, err := h.emailService.QueueSendEmail(req.To, req.From, req.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		h.logger.Err(err).Msg("Failed to queue email sending from EmailHandler")
+		res.SendError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, res.NewError("internal_err", "The server went kaput while queueing email sending"))
+		return
+	}
+
+	h.logger.Info().Str("TaskID", taskInfo.ID).Str("Task Queue", taskInfo.Queue).Str("Task Type", taskInfo.Type).Msg("Queued Send Email task!")
+
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/internal/api/handlers/handlers.go b/apps/api/internal/api/handlers/handlers.go
index 52d0d1ef..7841c371 100644
--- a/apps/api/internal/api/handlers/handlers.go
+++ b/apps/api/internal/api/handlers/handlers.go
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ import (
 type Handlers struct {
 	Auth          *AuthHandler
 	EventInterest *EventInterestHandler
+	Email         *EmailHandler
 }
 
-func NewHandlers(authService *services.AuthService, eventInterestService *services.EventInterestService, cfg *config.Config, logger zerolog.Logger) *Handlers {
+func NewHandlers(authService *services.AuthService, eventInterestService *services.EventInterestService, emailService *services.EmailService, cfg *config.Config, logger zerolog.Logger) *Handlers {
 	return &Handlers{
 		Auth:          NewAuthHandler(authService, cfg, logger),
 		EventInterest: NewEventInterestHandler(eventInterestService, cfg, logger),
+		Email:         NewEmailHandler(emailService, logger),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/apps/api/internal/config/config.go b/apps/api/internal/config/config.go
index b9039189..09bbd1b1 100644
--- a/apps/api/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/apps/api/internal/config/config.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type AuthConfig struct {
 
 type Config struct {
 	DatabaseURL string `env:"DATABASE_URL"`
+	RedisURL    string `env:"REDIS_URL"`
 	Port        string `env:"PORT" envDefault:"8080"`
 
 	Auth      AuthConfig   `envPrefix:"AUTH_"`
diff --git a/apps/api/internal/services/email.go b/apps/api/internal/services/email.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..829ee5a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/internal/services/email.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package services
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hibiken/asynq"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/swamphacks/core/apps/api/internal/tasks"
+)
+
+type EmailService struct {
+	logger    zerolog.Logger
+	taskQueue *asynq.Client
+	// Add SMTP client later
+}
+
+func NewEmailService(taskQueue *asynq.Client, logger zerolog.Logger) *EmailService {
+	return &EmailService{
+		logger:    logger.With().Str("service", "EmailService").Str("component", "email").Logger(),
+		taskQueue: taskQueue,
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *EmailService) SendEmail(to, from, body string) error {
+	s.logger.Info().Msgf("Sending from %s to %s with body %s", from, to, body)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *EmailService) QueueSendEmail(to, from, body string) (*asynq.TaskInfo, error) {
+	task, err := tasks.NewTaskSendEmail(tasks.SendEmailPayload{
+		To:   to,
+		From: from,
+		Body: body,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		s.logger.Err(err).Msg("Failed to create Send Email task")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	info, err := s.taskQueue.Enqueue(task, asynq.Queue("email"))
+	if err != nil {
+		s.logger.Err(err).Msg("Failed to queue Send Email task")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return info, nil
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/internal/tasks/email.go b/apps/api/internal/tasks/email.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a629810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/internal/tasks/email.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package tasks
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+
+	"github.com/hibiken/asynq"
+)
+
+const (
+	TypeSendEmail = "email:send"
+)
+
+type SendEmailPayload struct {
+	To   string
+	From string
+	Body string
+}
+
+func NewTaskSendEmail(payload SendEmailPayload) (*asynq.Task, error) {
+	data, err := json.Marshal(payload)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return asynq.NewTask(TypeSendEmail, data), nil
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/internal/workers/email.go b/apps/api/internal/workers/email.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa5324cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/internal/workers/email.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package workers
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/hibiken/asynq"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/swamphacks/core/apps/api/internal/services"
+	"github.com/swamphacks/core/apps/api/internal/tasks"
+)
+
+type EmailWorker struct {
+	emailService *services.EmailService
+	logger       zerolog.Logger
+}
+
+func NewEmailWorker(emailService *services.EmailService, logger zerolog.Logger) *EmailWorker {
+	return &EmailWorker{
+		emailService: emailService,
+		logger:       logger.With().Str("worker", "EmailWorker").Str("component", "email").Logger(),
+	}
+}
+
+func (w *EmailWorker) HandleSendEmailTask(ctx context.Context, t *asynq.Task) error {
+	var p tasks.SendEmailPayload
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(t.Payload(), &p); err != nil {
+		w.logger.Err(err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("json.Unmarshal failed: %v: %w", err, asynq.SkipRetry)
+	}
+
+	if err := w.emailService.SendEmail(p.To, p.From, p.Body); err != nil {
+		w.logger.Err(err).Msg("Failed to send email from worker")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index d7bb5bc8..d59fa8ed 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,19 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - postgres
       - redis
+
+  email_worker:
+    build:
+      dockerfile: cmd/email_worker/Dockerfile
+      context: ./apps/api
+      target: dev
+    env_file: "./apps/api/.env.dev"
+    volumes:
+      - ./apps/api:/app
+    working_dir: /app/cmd/email_worker
+    depends_on:
+      - redis
+  
   web:
     build:
       context: ./apps/web
@@ -25,6 +38,17 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - api
 
+  asynqmon:
+    image: hibiken/asynqmon:latest
+    platform: linux/amd64
+    ports:
+      - "6767:6767"
+    environment:
+      - REDIS_ADDR=redis:6379
+      - PORT=6767
+    depends_on:
+      - redis
+
   postgres:
     image: postgres:17.4
     container_name: postgres
diff --git a/infra/docker-compose.dev.yml b/infra/docker-compose.dev.yml
index c55fcec8..29550589 100644
--- a/infra/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/infra/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ services:
     restart: always
     env_file:
       - ./secrets/.env.dev.api
+
+  dev-email-worker:
+    image: ghcr.io/swamphacks/core-email-worker:dev
+    restart: always
+    env_file:
+      - ./secrets/.env.dev.api